1. DDC Translations: An Overview
Julianne Beall
Saturday, January 20, 2007
ALA Midwinter Meeting
Seattle, WA
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2. Outline Current translation activities
Localization and interoperability
Case study: Vietnamese translation
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3. Current Translation Activities
DDC 22:
Arabic, Chinese, French, German (2005), Italian, Spanish
Abridged Edition 14
French (2005), Hebrew, Italian (2006), Spanish, Vietnamese (2006)
DDC: Principles and Application
Arabic, French, German (2006), Italian, Spanish
Other
French Guide de la Classification décimale de Dewey
Greek DDC 22 Relative Index
Norwegian Updated captions
Swedish Mixed Swedish/English translation
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4. Localization
Coverage and representation of topics match the literary warrant needs in the language group
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5. Interoperability
Translation contains categories that are compatible with the English-language standard edition and other translations to foster the use of Dewey as a multilingual switching language
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6. Localization and Interoperability
Examples
Terminology in captions/notes
Index terms
Built numbers
Options
Authorized expansions
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7. Consistency in Standard Terminology
Consistent translation of kinds of notes, e.g., Class here . . ., Including . . ., See also . . .
Consistent translation of recurring concepts, e.g.,
Table 1—01 Philosophy and theory
401 Philosophy and theory
401 Filosofi och teori
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8. 372 Elementary education: Notes & Relative Index in German DDC 22

9. Consistency in Meaning of Categories
English-language edition:
South China Sea (in note at T2—164 in A14)
Vietnamese-language edition:
East Sea (in note at T2—164 in A14)
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10. Area Expansion in German DDC 22

11. Area Expansion in German DDC 22 (cont.)

12. Partial Expansion in DDC 22

13. Case study: Vietnamese Translation
Funded by Atlantic Philanthropies
Strategy for development of national bibliographic standards in Vietnam – DDC, MARC21, AACR
Seminar on national systems and standards, September 2001
Seminar on translation of DDC, September 2002
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14. Project Management RMIT Vietnam project management
National Library of Vietnam
NLV editorial and translation team
DDC Project Advisory Board
Library of Congress training and technical support
OCLC translation and publication approval
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15. Overview Project funding and beginning, 2003
Publication of Vietnamese DDC 14th, 2006
Distribution of copies to Vietnamese libraries – ongoing
Training program to promote adoption of DDC nationally – ongoing
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16. Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (1)
Geography of Vietnam:
T2—597 expanded for 7 official geographical regions and 64 administrative cities and provinces—beyond DDC 22
Ethnic groups in Vietnam:
revised and expanded to provide for 54 ethnic groups of Vietnam
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17. Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (2)
Vietnamese political parties:
expanded beyond DDC 22 for Vietnamese political parties
Marxism-Leninism and related topics:
for political ideology
335.4 for economic system and interdisciplinary works
for Vietnamese Communism and Ho Chi Minh’s ideas
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18. Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (2)
Languages of Vietnam:
495.9 expanded up to (and in a few cases beyond)
DDC 22 for languages spoken in Vietnam
Literatures of Vietnam:
895.9 corresponding expansions for literatures of Vietnam
Literary periods for Vietnamese literature
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19. Expansions for Vietnamese DDC 14 (3)
History of Vietnam:
– expanded to and in many cases beyond DDC 22
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20. History of Vietnam: Expansions and Corrections in DDC 22
Early history to 939 [formerly ]
[formerly ]
French period,

21. Example from Expansion for Table 2 Areas
Vietnamese DDC 14
T2—59731 Thành phố Hà Nội
Versions Other than the Vietnamese DDC 14
T2— Red River Delta region [In DDC 22 after April 2006 update]
T2—597 Vietnam [In Abridged DDC 14]
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23. Editorial Software Vietnamese team started using Microsoft Word
Later obtained international version of Pansoft editorial software developed for the German translation
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24. How can we work together?
Representation on EPC-L
Input on EPC exhibits
Proposals for updates, changes, expansions, terminology
340 Working Group
Built numbers, mappings, expansions
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